Staff

Kovin Naidoo

Co-Founder, Global Head: Advocacy and Partnerships, OneSight Essilor Luxottica Foundation

Professor Kovin Naidoo is Global Head of Advocacy and Partnerships at the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation and the former CEO of the Brien Holden Vision Institute. He is an academic, former anti- apartheid activist and political prisoner, optometrist and an internationally celebrated public health leader. His professional life has been dedicated to delivering eye care to people in need.

Professor Naidoo is Honorary Professor of Optometry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), and Adjunct Professor at University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published extensively in...

Zill-i-Ehsan

Co-Founder and Director of Programs

Zill-i-Ehsan is a development professional with interest in social, human and institutional development initiatives. He has a diverse working experience of more than 20 years in non-profit, social enterprise, learning & development, capacity building and education sectors.

He has an extensive experience of partnership and stakeholder management, resource mobilization, and implementation and monitoring of child safe-guarding processes, with major contributions in the development of organizational policies and position statements on disability inclusiveness and human rights, and...